Global generic richness and distribution: New maps of the world of ants with examples of their use in the context of Asia

Asian Myrmecology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-28

  Guénard, Benoit ^a   Weiser, Michael D ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84855859474     PISSN: 19851944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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